Just finished "The Long Walk" by Steven King/Bachman. Disturbing!

[maveric]

About america under a totalitarian rule and a bloodlust society.
Every year teenage boys would enter a contest where they would walk for hundreds of miles. The ones that quit/fell/gave up, were shot by soldiers monitoring the event. Throngs of spectators would flock to watch the killing.

I'm wondering if this country could come to that.

The second most disturbing King book IMHO. Second to "Pet Semetary".

[skygazer]

1. Yeah, Pet Semetary was VERY disturbing

I read it once and have never been able to pick it up again. I've never read "The Long Walk" - sounds like I may have to.

[MuseRider]

3. Same here. Read "The Long Walk"

it is very good and very disturbing. Not in the same way that "Pet Cemetary" was. That was one I could not finish along with "Cujo".

[Iris]

2. What's worse about that story

was the winner got like a million dollars. And wasn't it basically the only way to get any money?

[maveric]

5. All businesses were under govt control.

There were no millionaires anymore, as it was written.
There were "Squads", a secret police, that took people away for political beliefs.
He wrote this in 1979 and maybe telling something about the future of the USA.

[Iris]

6. I read this story many, many years ago.

Probably 1979! I should read it again.

[Kraklen]

4. I was more disturbed by "The Mist"

Strange mist blows in from a research lab across the lake after a big storm. The mist obscures everything, and there's horrible monsters in it. The protagonist and his son are trapped in a grocery store with a few other people. Everybody is killed off one by one, except for the protagonist and his new love interest who make it to a car. They keep driving but there's no end to the mist, just more destruction. So they keep driving, and driving, and driving...

[Spacemom]

7. "The Long Walk"

was the most disturbing story I ever read by King. Probably because I'm out of shape and know I'd be one of the first to "get a ticket." :scared:

[DS1]

8. Great Story

Loved it

[Sugar Smack]

9. What a great story.

The most disturbing part was the swiftness with which people shifted their loyalty. It reminded me of Elie Wiesel's "Night", with the father and son trying to keep up, and the son being helpless as he watched his father get beaten for being slow.